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News Digest Word Cloud for June 10, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Extreme Weather Raises Dam Safety Concerns (USA Today)
Biological Opinion Says Klamath Project Will Not
Jeopardize ESA- Listed Suckers, Salmon (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
CenturyLink Says a City Rule Is Putting Seattle
Behind on Broadband (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
SoloPower
Moving Headquarters to Portland, Pursuing South Korean Hub (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
Getting
There: LED Lights Being Installed on Interstate 90 (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Extreme Weather Raises Dam Safety Concerns
- Bonneville Power Administration Plans to Rebuild Power Line in NW Montana
- Editorial - State of California’s Power Supplies Will Be Tested by Shutdown of San Onofre Plant
- Op/Ed - The Power Act Swims Upstream
- Pandora’s Promise - The Sundance Film Festival’s Nuclear Exposé
- APPA, Utilities Wait for Court to Decide Fate of Order 1000
- FirstEnergy May Be Liable for Zapped Child
- Police: Man Electrocuted Trying to Steal Copper in Kansas
- se Man Facing Manslaughter Charge
- Meet Andi Sanderlin, the Mom Who Ran a $3 Million Grow House
- Biological Opinion Says Klamath Project Will Not Jeopardize ESA- Listed Suckers, Salmon
- Op/Ed - Inslee & Kitzhaber Can Lead a Columbia Resolution
- Editorial - A Railroad Ticket for the Salmon
- SoloPower Moving Headquarters to Portland, Pursuing South Korean Hub
- Last Engineer Let Go at Eastern Idaho Hoku Plant
- Colorado Officials Talk Secession over Renewable Energy Law, Other Issues
- Utilities & Solar Advocates Square Off over the Future
- What Happens When California Meets 33 Percent Renewables Mandate?
- Editorial - Hydro Energy Divides Aspen
- Getting There: LED Lights Being Installed on Interstate 90
- U-S Senate Bill Would Sweeten Loans for Energy-Efficient Homes
- Energy Conservation Funds Raided in Connecticut Budget
- Canada - Climate Change Negatively Impacting Shellfish Industry
- IEA: Energy Carbon Dioxide Emissions Hit Record High in 2012
- Study: Utility Rate-Making Carries Disincentives for Opting for ‘Salmon-Friendly’ Renewables
- Green Building Codes Raise Concerns
- CenturyLink Says a City Rule Is Putting Seattle Behind on Broadband
- Comcast to Expand Number of Neighborhood Wi-Fi Hotspots
- Broadcast World Changes amid ‘Multichannel Video Subscriber Universe’
- Cable Operators Buff Up Guides for Internet Age
- California Legislature Wrangles with Social Media Privacy
- Disruptions: Celebrities’ Product Plugs on Social Media Draw Scrutiny
- Ten Tips for Company Color Schemes
- Washington State’s Special Session Nears End with No Budget Deal
- One Dead in Car-Motorcycle Collision near Union
- Operation “Big Bottom Bust” Nets Ten from Randle, More Expected
- Report: NSA Contractor Was Source of Fed Spying Info
- Accused Hoarder Suing Lewis County for Nearly $400 Billion
- Torch to Kill Weeds Catches Home on Fire
WORD OF THE DAY
Prosaic
• \proh-ZAY-ik\ • Adjective - 1: characteristic of prose as distinguished from
poetry: factual 2: dull, unimaginative 3: everyday, ordinary.
Everett
was a happy traveler. After spending years living in the rugged, tree cloaked
hills of Morton, Washington he was head back to the prosaic land of his birth &
youth: northeast Montana. “You just couldn’t see there from there, if you know
what I mean,” he told his friends of his decision one cloudy, drizzly day while
sipping coffee at the Cody Café.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Extreme Weather Raises Dam Safety Concerns (USA Today)
Bonneville Power Administration Plans to Rebuild
Power Line in NW Montana (Associated Press)
Editorial - State of California’s Power Supplies
Will Be Tested by Shutdown of San Onofre Plant (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
Op/Ed - The Power Act Swims Upstream (Twin Falls
Times-News, ID)
Pandora’s Promise - The Sundance Film Festival’s
Nuclear Exposé (Forbes Magazine)
APPA, Utilities Wait for Court to Decide Fate of
Order 1000 (American Public Power Association)
FirstEnergy May Be Liable for Zapped Child (Courthouse
News Service)
Police: Man Electrocuted Trying to Steal Copper in
Kansas (Associated Press)
California - Alleged Burglary Accomplice
Electrocuted; San Jose Man Facing Manslaughter Charge (San Jose Mercury News,
CA)
Meet Andi Sanderlin, the Mom Who Ran a $3 Million
Grow House - “…her Con Edison bill, which at $9,000 a month, paid in cash…”
(Gawker)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Biological Opinion Says Klamath Project Will Not
Jeopardize ESA- Listed Suckers, Salmon (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Op/Ed - Inslee & Kitzhaber Can Lead a
Columbia Resolution (Bellingham Herald, WA)
Editorial - A Railroad Ticket for the Salmon (Wenatchee World, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
SoloPower
Moving Headquarters to Portland, Pursuing South Korean Hub (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
Last
Engineer Let Go at Eastern Idaho Hoku Plant (Associated
Press)
Colorado
Officials Talk Secession over Renewable Energy Law, Other Issues (Associated Press)
Utilities
& Solar Advocates Square Off over the Future (Washington
Post)
What
Happens When California Meets 33 Percent Renewables Mandate? (The Energy
Collective)
Editorial
- Hydro Energy Divides Aspen: Community grapples with competing environmental
values, institutional barriers, financial limits & resistance to change
(Denver Post, CO)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Getting
There: LED Lights Being Installed on Interstate 90 (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
U-S
Senate Bill Would Sweeten Loans for Energy-Efficient Homes (NY Times)
Energy
Conservation Funds Raided in Connecticut Budget (New Haven Register, CT)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Canada
- Climate Change Negatively Impacting Shellfish Industry (Canada.Com)
IEA:
Energy Carbon Dioxide Emissions Hit Record High in 2012 (USA Today)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Study:
Utility Rate-Making Carries Disincentives for Opting for ‘Salmon-Friendly’
Renewables (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Green
Building Codes Raise Concerns - Chemical firms say proposed new rules would
harm them (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CenturyLink Says a City Rule Is Putting Seattle Behind
on Broadband (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Comcast to Expand Number of Neighborhood Wi-Fi
Hotspots (USA Today)
Broadcast World Changes amid ‘Multichannel Video
Subscriber Universe’ (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Cable Operators Buff Up Guides for Internet Age (Associated
Press)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
California Legislature Wrangles with Social Media
Privacy (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Disruptions: Celebrities’ Product Plugs on Social
Media Draw Scrutiny (NY Times)
Ten Tips for Company Color Schemes (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State’s Special Session Nears End with
No Budget Deal (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
One Dead in Car-Motorcycle Collision near Union (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Operation “Big Bottom Bust” Nets Ten from Randle,
More Expected (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Report: NSA Contractor Was Source of Fed Spying
Info (Associated Press)
Accused Hoarder Suing Lewis County for Nearly $400
Billion (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Torch
to Kill Weeds Catches Home on Fire (KGW TV,
Portland, OR)
DIVERSIONS
Truck
Carrying Fireworks Hits Moose on Trans-Canada Highway - Shuts Down Road for 5.5
Hours & Lights Up the Sky
Woman
Discovers Online ‘Friend’ is Actually Ex-Husband
TSA
Agents Stop Chewbacca Actor over Light Saber
Saudi
Prince Sues Forbes after It Says He’s Only Worth $20 Billion
SONG OF THE DAY
Stewart
Copeland - The Tall Weeds; “Wall Street” soundtrack
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